THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From March 29 to April 2 (part 1)

Has the old flame between the U.S. and France been rekindled or did Barack Obama invite Nicolas Sarkozy over to the White House to lobby for more troops in Afghanistan? Joining François Picard were the International Herald Tribune’s Anne Bagamery, Philippe Gélie of newspaper Le Figaro, Voice of America bureau chief Lisa Bryant and Galia Ackerman of Radio France International’s Russian language service.